"Now living at a Windsor hotel, the family has had time to take a breather and reflect on the damage that forced them out of their home of nearly four years on Highway 116 near Riverside Drive. Aside from bruises, all are alive and are "doing good, for sure," said Diego Montaño, 21, who was among those living on the property."
"Community members have rallied to support the family, offering food and housing and launching a Go Fund Me fundraiser that's collected nearly $5,000 as of Monday afternoon. Montaño's 3-year-old niece had been taken to a hospital as a precaution but is now with her family, happy and smiling. "She's a pretty strong girl," Montaño said. The destruction occurred the morning of Dec. 24 as Sonoma County was pounded by gusts reaching 79 mph at the highest elevations."
"The conditions were part of an atmospheric river storm that started Dec. 19 and trailed off the day after Christmas. It dumped 5.33 inches of precipitation at the Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport, the National Weather Service's main reporting station in Sonoma County. Higher elevations, such as Venado, got significantly more rain but the region avoided significant flooding. The lower Russian River crested Friday afternoon at 21.46 feet, more than 10 feet below flood stage in Guerneville."
A Guerneville family lost their home after a tree fell during a powerful storm on Dec. 24, narrowly missing a sleeping 3-year-old. The family is staying at a Windsor hotel and, aside from bruises, all members are alive. Community members have provided food, housing, and launched a Go Fund Me that raised nearly $5,000. The child was taken to a hospital as a precaution and has returned home. The storm was part of an atmospheric river from Dec. 19 through the day after Christmas, dumping 5.33 inches at the county airport and producing gusts up to 79 mph that toppled saturated trees.
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